That seems a very good idea.
Richmond.
On 3/10/17 8:26 pm, Dan Brown via use-livecode wrote:
Would a splash screen that appears on first launch of the IDE not be a
better way of harvesting email addresses? A "do not show again" tick box on
said splash screen would suffice for those not
Would a splash screen that appears on first launch of the IDE not be a
better way of harvesting email addresses? A "do not show again" tick box on
said splash screen would suffice for those not interested in registering.
Vastly reduces download friction
On 10 Mar 2017 5:47 p.m., "Roger Eller via
It's a matter of forced consent, not necessarily about the intended use of
your email address. I get it, and I agree that it should not be required.
~Roger
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Indeed; but now this is
Indeed; but now this is drifting OT.
Richmond.
On 3/10/17 7:04 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
I have bad news for everyone who thinks that by not giving their email address
out actually does anything to prevent it from getting on a spam list. If you
mother has the address in her
I would hope that all first-time downloaders supply an e-mail adress,
but notwithstanding that they should
be given the option to opt out.
Richmond.
On 3/10/17 5:55 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
I'm all for requiring an email address to DL the community version. After all,
they are
I have bad news for everyone who thinks that by not giving their email address
out actually does anything to prevent it from getting on a spam list. If you
mother has the address in her address book and clicks on a bad link or opens an
email with malware on it, your address is probably getting
ssage-
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Bob Sneidar wrote:
> I'm all for requiring an email address to DL the community version.
> After all, they are DL'ing a fully functional development
> application! Providing a valid email address is the least they
> can do.
To what end?
An email address has value only to the degree it is given
I'm all for requiring an email address to DL the community version. After all,
they are DL'ing a fully functional development application! Providing a valid
email address is the least they can do.
Bob S
> On Mar 9, 2017, at 17:30 , Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
>
James Hale wrote:
Richard wrote:
Most SEO brings people to the .com site, so those on the .org
site are the subset who specifically went there the get the
open source edition of LiveCode.
I still don't understand why this distinction was made.
That was an idea I pitched to the team, and as
Richard wrote:
> Most SEO brings people to the .com site, so those on the .org site are
> the subset who specifically went there to get the open source edition of
> LiveCode. The conversion rate there is understandably much lower than
> on the .com site.
>
> After all, someone at the .com
On 3/9/2017 6:18 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
> Growing the platform's audience.
You make a good point here.
I wish i knew whether the open Source effort significantly grew the
userbase over whatever trend it was on before the OSS effort and whether
the actual number of paying
On Mar 9, 2017 5:26 PM, "Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode" <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Asking for an e-mail address is a small thing to ask for.
>
> But _forcing_, rather than _asking_, isn't quite the same thing.
>
> Personal blether starts now ---
>
> I don't feel
on Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> The value of an email address is only non-zero
> when it's given freely. So have sign-up as an option,
> rather than a requirement, and the problem
> is very easily solved.
Emails directions could be really useful to open
a direct communication link
Paul Dupuis wrote:
> With 75% of downloads being Community, only 25% of the user base is
> paying for 100% of the development. The idea being that those that get
> LiveCode for free would, in some part, contribute back to the Open
> Source effort that, in turn, expands the commercial offerings.
Asking for an e-mail address is a small thing to ask for.
But _forcing_, rather than _asking_, isn't quite the same thing.
Personal blether starts now ---
I don't feel capable in a big way to contribute to LiveCode development,
so I do try to send bug reports in when I fall over
On 3/9/2017 1:02 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
> If you decide you don't wish to donate right now you still have to
> specify a name and an e-mail
> address.
>
> So: NO anonymous download unless you happen to have previously
> bookmarked:
>
> downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
>
>
Richmond Mathewson wrote:
> Until a few days ago, if you went via the OBSCURE green button right
> at the bottom-left of the LiveCode landing page [ www.livecode.com ]
> to the Open Source page [ www.livecode.org ] you could, by clicking
> on the "Download" text at the top of that page go to the
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